The Gaddafi case has also caused tension between the Government of Syria and Lebanon’s Amal Militia, headed by Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri, who according to Hannibal’s lawyer hatched the ransom project which got messed up by Hasan Yaacoub organizing Hannibal’s kidnapping and who has long harbored plans to secede Berri as Amal leader, given the latter’s age and health problems.